Locking device for cycles.



N0. 637,433. Patentd Nov. 2|,"l899,

' F. VILLIERS-STEAD.

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(Application filed Aug. 27, 1897.)

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FRANK VlLLlERS-STEAD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

LOCKING nsviCE FCR CYCLES;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,433, dated November 21, 1899). Application filed August 27, 1897. Serial No. 6119,714. (No model To a/ZZ whom it may concern: has facility of endwise movement in upper Beitknownthatl,FRANKVILLIERs-ST-EAD, and lower guides b', crossing the tube b, sea subject of the Queen of Great Britain and cured thereto, and kpartakes of the move- Ir'eland, residing at London, England, have ments of such tube about its axis. The tire- 5 invented certain new and useful Improvelock d' is fitted to the lower end of the rod k ments in Locking Devices for Cycles and the within tube d, which at any convenient part i; Like, of which the following is a specification. of its length is fitted with the spring g, which This invention relates to an improvedl cycleis so applied as to constantly tend to depress lock and is characterized by the application the lock or brake into engagement with the 1o to the steering-fork tube of a cycle or the tire. The detent f may be adapted to engage like of means of the nature hereinafter dewith the tube at any convenient part of its scribed and claimed, whereby7 the steeringlength, and at such part the tube is formed wheel can at the will of the cyclist be locked, with a rec-ess f', with which the detent f is so as to be prevented from rotating, so that caused automatically to engage when the tube 15 the vehicle cannot be ridden away or even is raised to its inoperative position (mdc Fig. wheeled away with the steering-wheel on the 1) by a spring f2, which normally tends to A road, and the wheel can only be released by keep the detent in position for engagement vthe holder of the key of the locking mechanwith the recess. ism. The detent is formed with a projecting 2o On the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 pusher f3, by which the detent can at the represents a sectional elevation of a cycle will of the cyclist be conveniently released e head-tube and steering-fork tube fitted with from engaging with the tube when the pusher the improved lock, showing the same out of is opposite an aperture a', made in the cycle action. Fig. 2 represents a like view showhead-tube. z 5 ing the lock in action. Fig. 3 represents a The spring-pawl h is adapted to engage partial elevation at right angles to Fig. 1. withratchet-teeth h', formed in the lock-tube, Figs. 4 and 5 are sections respectively onlines and serves to prevent the tire-lock from being A B and O D, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a like view,

less and until the pawl is removed from engagement with the teeth h' by its being operated by the appropriate key j, as hereinafter further referred to. The lock-tube is also formed with teeth h3, by means of which after the pawl has been released from the ratchet it can be raised either by a toothed wheel h4, Figs. 3 and 4, operated by a key j, Fig. 7, or to the steering-fork tube of a cycle or the byawheel-key j",Fig. 6. The spindle of the like, of a tube d, adapted to apply the block -wheel h4 is supported by a bearing h and is or shoe d' to the tire c, a spring-detent f formed with a triangular or other suitable pe- 40 serving until released by the cyclist to hold culiarly-shaped arbor h7,(vt'deFig. 3,) adapted the lock-tube out of action, but in position to engage only with a key j, having a correfor actuation, a spring g serving, when the spondingly-shaped socket end j'. The pawl lock-tube is released from the detent, to deh is fitted with a guard-piece h2, which surress the tube and to apply the tire-lock or rounds the wheel-arbor W, and is so shaped 45 brake-block to the wheel-tire and a springas to permit of the key-socket being inserted awl h and ratchet apparatus serving until onto the arbor W, while it prevents the wheel itselfy released by the cyclist by the proper from being turned by the key until the pawl keyserving to unlock the device to keep the hhas been disengaged from the ratchet. To lock-tube depressed and the tire -lock or this end the key is provided with a projection 5o brake-blockapplied to the wheel-tire. jz, which is adapted to bear against the guard, The tube d is square and is guided by and 1 and thereby to press the pawl h from engage- 3@ tion. Fig. 7 shows the unlocking-key, and

a represents the cycle head-tube, b the steering-fork tube, and c c the steering-wheel tir'e and rim.

Y 35 To the end aforesaid the invention is characterized by the application, in combination,

raised out of engagement with'the tire un,

ratchet-teeth h. I claim as my invention ycle-lock, the combination with the n a c frame and opposite an aperture c made in the cyclehead tube and which is shaped to the size and 7L angular at its fore end, is cylindrical d supported in bearing 7&6, as shown Fig. 8.

1o In the modification represented in Fig. 6

' tially as set forth.

2. n a cycle-lock, the combination With-the cycle-head, the steering-fork tube and the steering-wheel, of a locking-tube, portion of which tube, a Wheel and to b tu e, a detent for normally holding said tube I5 th key zo cave his machine unattended Without fear of being ridden or wheeled away,

need do is to press on the pusher]L13 b jectionfr1 on the key j, so as to force the detent f out of engagement with the tube (Z, whereupon the the lock-tube, engagement augment the pressure tire by depressing,r the lock-tube still further by means of the k stantially as set forth.

n a cycle-lock the combination with the cycle-head, steeringfork tube and the steering-wheel, of a locking-tube,

t0 steal the Hated tire until the lock CZ bears against the Wheel-rim, and so will prevent the cycle from being ridden or wheeled away.

7c is a brake-rod which may be manipulated from the handle-bar in the ordinary way, thereby applying the brake d Without 1nove- 5. lll ment of tube d, said tube being held in the retracted position shown in block CZ/ is thus utilized both as a and as a lock-shoe. Rod 7c f support for the shoe CZ'.

In lieu of being applied directly to the tube the parts of the device may be applied to a Signed atLondon, England, this 14th day of carrier-tuberemovably applied to the tube l).

ugust, 1897. hough the invention 1s hereinbefore de- FRANK VH LIERS STEAD 4o a yielding support for said shoe,

1c combination of tubes a, Z1 with registering key-openings, an arbor 717, shoe d', tube CZ having teeth 7a', ratchet h, guardpiece 7a2 moved byinsertion of key, retracting the ratchet before the tube can b and ro t for operating the shoe without`release of the detent-ratchet.

scribed with particular reference to its use 5 as a cycle-lock, it will be understood that it Witnesses:

is equally L pplicable as a lock to the'wheels ALFRED CHARLES DAY, of motor and other vehicles. XVILMER M. HARRIS. 

